I'm not a huge fan of fruit leathers, but this turned out super good! And, really, you can't go wrong with blackberries, mint and rum.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Getting outfitted for Pioneer Week

A few of you were hoping that, for Pioneer Week, I'd add in a Pioneer dress code as well. As I said before, you are more than welcome to go all out, but I figured there were many of you uninterested in that aspect of the week.

Of course, you can always use Halloween as an excuse and then, since Pioneer Week is coming up right afterwards, you might as well wear your outfit again, no?

That said, I'm here to help you get geared up for Pioneer Week. Now, there are manyplaces you can buy pioneer style clothes, but there are also several free patterns available online if you want to make or sew your own.

If you want to assemble something from your wardrobe or from a thrift store, here are some ideas of what to put together:

That ought to get you started. I'll be adding a lot more information in the next two weeks on additional, authentic ways to spend Pioneer Week aside from the guidelines already listed in the original post.

Crunchy. In honor of pioneer week, could you give some line drying tips. I do well for most of the year but the fall is troublesome. This week the temps have been hovering in the high 60s with moderate humidity (dew doesn't burn off until 9 AM and comes back down at 4:30 PM.) In the house, not dry enough nor enough heat (due to freezing our buns off). After two days, the cloth diapers still aren't dry. I had to dry them in the dryer or we would not have had any clean ones for use. Suggestions?!